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Pop legends return after four decades.
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The Music of James Bond No Time to Die Score
The iconic film series has created some of music’s greatest moments.
Hans Zimmer
Best of Bond… James Bond Various Artists
Decca • Soundtracks • Available October 1 12874316 $18.99 Guest Artists: Billie Eilish, Johnny Marr Music from the latest James Bond film, recorded in collaboration with Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer. It also includes Billie Eilish’s electrifying title track.
Capitol • Pop/Rock 2 Discs 12870928 $19.99 Artists: Paul McCartney, Duran Duran A compilation featuring celebrated theme songs from the longest-running franchise in the history of cinema. This updated edition includes recent themes including Adele’s Skyfall and Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall from Spectre.
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BEST OF OCTOBER The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.
Zac Brown Band
Ed Sheeran
Warner Music Nashville • Country Available October 15 14543939 $11.99 Two years after releasing The Owl, Zac Brown Band is back with their seventh full-length studio album. Among the tracks is the new single Slow Burn. There are also collaborations with Marcus King and Gregory Porter.
Atlantic • Pop/Rock Available October 29 14465662 $14.99 The fourth installment in Ed Sheeran’s symbol album series finds him taking stock of his life and the people in it, as he explores the varying degrees of love, loss, resilience, and fatherhood, while also processing his reality and career.
The Comeback
Equals
Alessia Cara
Kacey Musgraves
Def Jam • R&B 14475741 $13.99 Grammy and Juno Award winner Alessia Cara returns with her highly anticipated third album, which includes the tracks Sweet Dream and Shapeshifter.
MCA Nashville • Country 14475742 $11.99 A bold, empowering, and personal series of songs that displays the six-time Grammy Award winner’s continued growth as one of the finest singer-songwriters of our time.
In the Meantime
Star-Crossed
Old Dominion
Lil Tecca
Arista Nashville • Country Available October 8 14469742 $12.99
Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory 14455182 $13.99 Lil Tecca releases the follow-up to his breakthrough, platinumselling mixtape. It includes the tracks Repeat It; Money on Me; and Never Left.
Time, Tequila & Therapy
Guest Artist: Gladys Knight Along with the single I Was on a Boat That Day, the fourth album from Old Dominion includes Lonely Side of Town, a duet with R&B legend Gladys Knight.
We Love You Tecca 2
Elton John
Lady A
Interscope • Pop/Rock Available October 22
Big Machine Label Group Country Available October 22 14500827 $12.99 Lady A’s album reinvigorates the band’s signature sound, a captivating fusion of rootsy pop and electrifying harmony that has dominated charts for more than a decade.
The Lockdown Sessions Parental Advisory
14541327 $13.99 Recorded remotely over the last eighteen months, Elton John collaborates with some of the most exciting artists in music today, including Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Eddie Vedder, Gorillaz, Lil Nas X, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, and more.
What a Song Can Do
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HOT NEW RELEASES The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for. Jordan Smith
Be Still & Know
Reunion Records Religious Featuring debut single Great You Are, Jordan Smith’s new album chronicles his faith journey with a diverse blend of influences, ranging from inspirational pop to choir-assisted gospel, drawing from his mother’s love of Shirley Caesar. 14429559 $8.99
The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live! At the Apollo
Daptone Records • R&B Recorded in 2014 and featuring live sets from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Menahan Street Band, Saun & Starr, and the Sugarman 3. Available October 1 2 Discs 14447738 $18.99
Newsboys Stand
Newsboys • Religious
Available October 1
Songwrights Apothecary Lab
Esperanza Spalding
Dove Award-winning group Newsboys return with a brand new album that is marked by a fresh sound set to a timeless and eternal message. It includes the hit single Magnetic.
Concord Jazz • Jazz Esperanza Spalding’s new album explores how songwriters may incorporate knowledge in consultation with practitioners of music therapy, neuroscience, and more to create music that can have a specific effect on the listener. 14458008 $15.99
John Coltrane
BadBadNotGood
14458297 $11.99
A Love Supreme Live in Seattle
IMPULSE! • Jazz This newly discovered live recording of a performance of the Love Supreme suite is a revelation. Recorded at the Penthouse in Seattle on October 2, 1965, this recording transports the listener to a prime seat for a piece of musical history. Available October 8 14458306 $13.99
BMG Rights Management R&B Guest Artists: Rick Ross, Jennifer Hudson After five years, Anthony Hamilton returns with a brand-new album. He duets with Jennifer Hudson on Superstar, while Rick Ross appears on Real Love. I’m Ready features a cameo from Lil Jon. 14441132 $14.99
XL Recordings • Jazz On their latest album, the Canadian ensemble Badbadnotgood returns to their instrumental beginnings to pay homage to the musicians, composers, innovators, and influences that first informed their work. Available October 8 14458339 $15.99
Symphonic Suites
Invisible Hands Music Classical YouTube sensation Libera’s new studio album features fifteen songs, including five brand new recordings.
Decca • Classical Artists: Andrew Lloyd Webber Marking the triumphant return of live music to London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber has brought together an 81-piece orchestra to record three newly orchestrated suites from his award-winning musicals.
Available October 15 14458322 $14.99
Love Is the New Black
Talk Memory
If
Libera
Anthony Hamilton
Various Artists
Available October 29 14132812 $24.99
KIDZ BOP 2022 KIDZ BOP Kids
KIDZ BOP • Children’s
Available October 22 14510206 $10.99 The biggest KIDZ BOP album of the year is here! It’s jam packed with today’s biggest pop hits including Good 4 U; Peaches; Levitating; Drivers License; and more sung by the KIDZ BOP Kids.
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HOT NEW RELEASES My Morning Jacket
Ryan Hurd
ATO Records • Pop/Rock On their new full-length, the first new music since 2015, My Morning Jacket reaffirms the rarefied magic that has made them so beloved, embedding each song with moments of discovery, revelation, and ecstatic catharsis.
Arista Nashville • Country Guest Artist: Maren Morris Along with the single June, July, August, the debut album from singersongwriter Ryan Hurd features the song Chasing After You, a duet with his wife, Maren Morris.
My Morning Jacket
Available October 22 14500759 $13.99
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof
Rounder • Country In 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released the acclaimed Raising Sand album. Now they return with a dozen songs from a range of traditions and styles that extend this remarkable collaboration in new and thrilling directions. Available November 19 14446266 $14.99
Pelago
Available October 15 14510209 $11.99
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Sable Original Video Game Soundtrack
The Future
Japanese Breakfast
Masterworks • Soundtracks Acclaimed singersongwriter Michelle Zauner, AKA Japanese Breakfast, creates an instrumental soundtrack to the highly anticipated open-world video game. It is as breathtaking and otherworldly as the game itself. Available October 8
Fantasy • Pop/Rock
Available November 5 14458290 $15.99 The third album from Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats showcases his unique observations of our world and people’s ongoing struggle in learning how to better understand each other.
2 Discs 14510210 $17.99
Returns!
Explore ABBA’s Greatest Hits!
The legendary group is back with their first new album in forty years.
Voyage
Capitol • Pop/Rock • Available November 5 14555850 $13.99 Before kicking off a series of unique concerts, which will utilize avatar technology, ABBA offers fans new music. Among the ten new tracks are the songs Don’t Shut Me Down and I Still Have Faith in You.
ABBA The Definitive Collection
UTV Records • Pop/Rock 2 Discs 10137546 $19.99
NEW HOLIDAY MUSIC
Ring in the holiday with new festive albums.
Chilly Gonzales
Gaither Vocal Band
INgrooves Guest Artists: Jarvis Cocker, Feist From oldies to newer holiday pop canon, the new project from composer Chilly Gonzales surveys a broad scope. There’s grandeur, there’s merriment, and there’s guests Feist and Jarvis Cocker.
Gaither Music Group Two-time Grammy Award winners and Gospel Music Hall of Fame members the Gaither Vocal Band ring in the holidays with joyful harmonies and signature style performing Christmas classics Away in a Manger; Silver Bells; and more.
A Very Chilly Christmas
Josh Turner
King Size Manger
MCA Nashville
Available October 8 14458312 $11.99 Josh Turner’s first Christmas album includes eleven tracks with four originals. The song King Size Manger was written by Josh specifically for this album.
Available November 5 13630196 $12.99
It Feels Like Christmas
Decca US Vitamin String Quartet, the group behind the Bridgerton soundtrack, is set to release a Christmas album, featuring reimagined yuletide pop standards such as All I Want for Christmas; Santa Tell Me; Last Christmas; Mistletoe; and more.
Voctave
Concord Records Emmy and Tony Awardwinning singer/actress Kristin Chenoweth releases a new Christmas album. Filled with holiday classics both old and new, it shows Chenoweth in a festive but classy light as she rings in the best time of year.
Provident Music Group Guest Artists: Mark Lowry, Jody McBrayer From traditional moments to new Christmas classics, Voctave has truly given listeners a treasured gift that represents so many of the beautiful moments of the Yuletide season.
Happiness Is... Christmas!
Zach Williams
I Don’t Want Christmas to End
Essential Records Zach Williams brings his soulful Southern style to familiar Christmas songs on his new release. Recorded at legendary FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Zach brings fresh interpretations of timeless Christmas classics.
Available October 15 14541275 $13.99
Available October 22 14541322 $12.99
Johnny Lee
Orleans
BFD Country music legend Johnny Lee doles out his Christmas wishes with this catalog package of holiday originals and standards.
Sunset Blvd Records Guest Artists: John Hall, The Hoppen Brothers, Bill Payne The Christmas album features tracks written during their recording hiatus of fifteen years and tracks covered by other artists, now recovered by Orleans.
Santa Claus Is Lookin’ for Love
Available October 4 14458287 $13.99
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Available October 1 14458295 $13.99
Kristin Chenoweth
Available October 22 14511251 $14.99
Vitamin String Quartet
All Heaven and Nature Sing
New Star Shining
Available October 8 14458335 $17.99
The Spirit of the Season
Available October 22 14541323 $15.99
Christmas Carols with the King’s Singers The King’s Singers
Signum Classics Features 25 tracks covering everything from contemporary choral gems and folk songs through to well-loved carols. Dotted throughout the album are several of the most famous English church carols. 14511277 $17.99
Chris Tomlin
Emmanuel Christmas Songs of Worship
Sparrow Singer-songwriter Chris Tomlin returns with a highly anticipated third full-length Christmas album. Tomlin’s songwriting ushers listeners into the Christmas spirit with a special sense of joy and anticipation. 14428095 $11.99
MODERN FAVORITES AND CHRISTMAS CLASSICS Carrie Underwood
For King & Country
Capitol Nashville Guest Artists: Isaiah Fisher, John Legend This special edition of Carrie Underwood’s Christmas album includes all eleven tracks from the 2020 release as well as three new tracks, including Let There Be Peace/ Something in the Water, which was performed on her HBO Max special. Special Edition 14426710 $11.99
Word Entertainment Back with new music for the 2021 version of their holiday release from the four-time Grammy Award-winning Australian duo. It includes the new bonus track Do You Hear What I Hear. Available October 22 14465663 $11.99
My Gift
Lauren Daigle
Behold A Christmas Collection
Centricity Music Lauren Daigle’s powerhouse vocals shine in a holiday collection that includes eloquent performances of songs like Silent Night; O Holy Night; and Little Drummer Boy. Deluxe Edition 12258237 $13.99
A Drummer Boy Christmas
The Vince Guaraldi Trio A Charlie Brown Christmas
Fantasy One of the most beloved holiday albums is expanded to include three additional tracks that were not featured upon its original release in 1965. Along with new tracks, this special edition features all the music from the popular TV classic. Snoopy Doghouse Edition 11022409 $14.99
Kidz Bop Christmas Party! KIDZ BOP Kids
Kidz Bop. The perfect holiday soundtrack for festive parties, cozy hot chocolate nights, or baking cookies. Featuring 25 of today’s biggest holiday hits sung by kids for kids, like We Wish You a Merry Christmas. 13542939 $10.99
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Christmas Trilogy
Atlantic Catalog Group Since its first tour in 1999, TSO has been one of the most successful acts in the concert business, consistently rating in the top ten for both gross revenues and audience attendance. 3 Discs 13639634 $33.99
Michael Bublé
Darius Rucker
Lindsey Stirling
Reprise Records Guest Artists: Shania Twain, The Puppini Sisters Michael Buble’s first Christmas album continues to be a modern-day holiday classic. It includes many classic tracks and the original song Cold December Night. 10521605 $16.99
Capitol Guest Artist: Sheryl Crow Three-time Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter Darius Rucker’s holiday album includes the tracks Candy Cane Christmas; Winter Wonderland; What God Wants for Christmas; and You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. 11175584 $13.99
Concord Records Guest Artists: Sabrina Carpenter, Becky G, Trombone Shorty Lindsey Stirling releases a deluxe edition of her hit holiday album from 2017. This new edition features five additional tracks, including Hallelujah; Santa Baby; and the main title theme from Home Alone. Deluxe Edition 12193226 $14.99
Christmas
Home for the Holidays
Warmer in the Winter
Christmas Classics
R&B Christmas
Country Christmas
Now Artists: Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin NOW Christmas Classics features twenty beloved holiday hits from Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, the Temptations, and more. 14376678 $18.99
Now Artists: John Legend, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder Eighteen favorite holiday tracks by the world’s biggest R&B stars. Includes John Legend’s version of Silver Bells; the Temptations’ Silent Night; Stevie Wonder’s Someday at Christmas; and more. 13560451 $18.99
Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc./ Church Plain and Simple, LLC
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Artists: Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan Holidays get a country touch with a collection featuring songs from Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Vince Gill, Lauren Alaina, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, and more. 12447828 $18.99
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TOP MUSIC PICKS Titles people are talking about. Badflower
Dedicated
Big Machine • Pop/Rock Wielding their signature energy, Badflower’s music taps into a gritty and grungy gutter rock spirit complemented by jarring theatrical delivery and unshakable riffing.
Masterworks • Classical 2Cellos celebrate a decade of making music with a brand-new album. This showcases the duo’s unique playing style on ten new arrangements that reinvent songs by Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, Bon Jovi, and more. 14428102 $12.99
This Is How the World Ends
Parental Advisory 14373011 $11.99
Migos
Culture III
Quality Control Music, LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory 14391873 $11.99 Guest Artists: Cardi B, Drake The groundbreaking third installment finale of the blockbuster trilogy. As a knockout, it spotlights their nimble ad-libs, bulletproof bars, head-spinning hooks, and irreplaceable chemistry.
Edited Version 14373012 $11.99
The Killers
Iron Maiden
Island • Pop/Rock When the pandemic stopped their touring plans, the Killers began work on a brand-new album. It is inspired by lead singer Brandon Flowers’s hometown of Nephi, Utah. 14373010 $13.99
Sanctuary Records Pop/Rock Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden release their seventeenth studio album, their first in six years. Here, the band has found inspiration from the culture of the far East.
Pressure Machine
Cinderella Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Diane Warren
Epic • Soundtracks Artists: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel Camila Cabello leads an all-star cast on the soundtrack to the Amazon original musical film, which puts a fresh spin on the classic fairy tale. Also included are performances from Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Ben Bailey Smith, and more. 14429772 $11.99
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Maren Morris, John Legend Legendary songwriter Diane Warren releases her first album of new original songs. It comprises some of the biggest artists, ranging from Ty Dolla $ign, Maren Morris, John Legend, Luis Fonsi, Jon Batiste with Pentatonix, and more. 14426716 $14.99
Various Artists
2Cellos
Diane Warren The Cave Sessions. Volume 1
Senjutsu
2 Discs 14386263 $19.99
Donny Osmond Start Again
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Charlie Wilson, Pierre Bensusan Beloved pop music icon, and former Masked Singer contestant, Donny Osmond releases his first new album since 2004. It includes the single Who. 14426711 $14.99
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Soul Original Score Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Guest Artists: David Diggs, Cody Chestnutt The Academy Awardwinning soundtrack by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste is now available on CD. The score drifts between the real and soul worlds while capturing a journey from the streets of New York City to cosmic realms. 14229287 $15.99
Cynthia Erivo
Ben Platt
Verve • R&B After scoring an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the miniseries Genius, Cynthia Erivo releases a new album that includes the single Alive. 14431206 $13.99
Atlantic • Pop/Rock The sophomore album from the award-winning singer, songwriter, and actor best known for starring in Broadway productions of The Book of Mormon and Dear Evan Hansen. 14386564 $18.99
Ch. 1 Vs. 1
Reverie
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Headline making albums, critical favorites, and chart toppers.
Country and Folk Dan + Shay
Good Things
Warner Music Nashville Country Guest Artist: Justin Bieber Dan + Shay follow up the success of their breakthrough 2018 album with their fourth full-length release. Along with 10,000 Hours, their hit collaboration with Justin Bieber, it includes the songs Good Things and I Should Probably Go to Bed. 14386563 $11.99
Daughtry
Dearly Beloved
Self Produced • Pop/Rock Hard rock group Daughtry has already released three singles from their upcoming album, Heavy Is the Crown; World on Fire; and Lioness. The new album comes three years after the release of Cage to Rattle. 14384511 $15.99
Brandi Carlile
LCD Soundsystem Scotty McCreery Same Truck
Triple Tigers • Country Country star and American Idol champ Scotty McCreery is back with his fifth studio album, which includes the songs Why You Gotta Be Like That; You Time; and That Kind of Fire. 14395076 $9.99
TOP MUSIC PICKS
Long Goodbye (LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden)
Parlophone • Pop/Rock The album finds the LCD core live band of James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, Nancy Whang, Al Doyle, Gavilán Rayna Russom, and Tyler Pope joined by a choir, string, and horn sections, plus special guest performances. 14347659 $29.99
In These Silent Days
New Elektra • Pop/Rock
Available October 1 14398064 $12.99 After releasing a Grammy Awardwinning album with the supergroup the Highwomen, singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is back with a new solo album. It includes the single Right on Time.
Béla Fleck
Poppy
Yasuke
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Country Bela Fleck releases his first new bluegrass album since 1999. It features collaborations with Jerry Douglas, Michael Cleveland, Chris Thile, Billy Strings, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer, and more.
Sumerian Records Pop/Rock After releasing the digital EP EAT earlier in the year, Poppy returns with a new full album that continues to see her defy genre boundaries. It includes the tracks Flux; Lessen the Message; and Never Find My Place. 14431205 $13.99
Warp Records Soundtracks Guest Artists: Thundercat, Denzel Curry Flying Lotus follows the release of his sweeping epic Flamagra and his Producer of the Year Grammy nomination for Thundercat’s It Is What It Is with an expansive original soundtrack for Netflix’s new anime series. 14176577 $13.99
My Bluegrass Heart
2 Discs 14426712 $19.99
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2 Various Artists
Oh Boy Records • Country The follow-up to the 2010 John Prine tribute album sees more of music’s biggest and brightest pay homage to the late singer-songwriter. Included are tracks from Brandi Carlile and Sturgill Simpson. Available October 8 14323958 $14.99
Flux
Dennis Lloyd Some Days
Arista Records • R&B Debut album from Israeli alternative-dance-pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Dennis Lloyd. 14386606 $12.99
Flying Lotus
Little Simz
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Age 101 • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Cleo Sol, Obongjayar Little Simz delivers an undeniable modern classic, effortlessly condensing any number of disparate styles into music that thrillingly broaches the gap between urgent modern treatise and hip-hop. Parental Advisory 14357136 $13.99
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ROCK
FINNEAS Optimist
Interscope Records
Available October 15 14437528 $17.99 The debut solo album from Grammy-winning artist Finneas features twelve never-beforeheard tracks, plus the previously released What They’ll Say About Us, a heartbreaking ballad written in lockdown.
They Might Be Giants
Black Veil Brides
Idlewild Recordings Alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants release the follow-up to their 2018 album The Escape Team. It includes the song I Can’t Remember the Dream.
Sumerian Records Black Veil Brides are back with their sixth studio album, which includes the tracks Torch; Fields of Bone; Crimson Skies; and Scarlet Cross.
Book
The Phantom Tomorrow
Available October 29 14455192 $13.99
Available October 29 14115668 $12.99
Oasis
Hawthorne Heights
Big Brother Recordings Ltd The year 2021 marks 25 years since Oasis’s two iconic record-breaking live concerts at Knebworth Park. Released alongside the cinema debut of the featurelength documentary film of the event, this is the definitive live recording.
Pure Noise Records The new album from Hawthorne Heights reflects the stress and exhaustion that many have experienced over the past couple of years. It features the singles Constant Dread and The Rain Just Follows Me.
Knebworth 1996
Available November 19 2 Discs 14457932 $17.99
The Rain Just Follows Me
Available October 22 14395080 $11.99
Duran Duran
Thrice
Aimee Mann
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Guest Artists: Lykke Li, Graham Coxon The fifteenth studio album from Duran Duran boasts esteemed producers Erol Alkan, Giorgio Moroder, and Mark Ronson behind the board. It also features special guests like Graham Coxon of Blur on guitar.
Epitaph With this release, Dustin Kensrue and his bandmates address, with candor and courage, the fragile and awkward arrangements that pass for civilization, while inviting listeners to dwell more knowingly within their own lives.
Super Ego Records Aimee Mann started working on a musical, based on the memoir Girl, Interrupted. But it takes years for a Broadway show to get produced. So Aimee ended up going into the studio and recording all the songs for the musical herself.
Future Past
Available October 22 14294623 $13.99
Horizons/East
Available October 8 14455186 $11.99
Courtney Barnett
My Morning Jacket
Mom+Pop An assured leap forward for Barnett– a breakthrough, really. This is Barnett at her most relaxed, creative, and joyful. An exquisite look at the intimate, private world created by Barnett and drummer/producer Stella Mozgawa.
ATO Records On their new full-length album, the first new music since 2015, My Morning Jacket reaffirms the rarefied magic that has made them so beloved, embedding each song with moments of discovery, revelation, and ecstatic catharsis.
Things Take Time, Take Time
Available November 12 14347684 $13.99
My Morning Jacket
Available October 22 14500759 $13.99
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Queens of the Summer Hotel
Available November 5 14458289 $13.99
The War on Drugs I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Atlantic Guest Artist: Lucius Just one month after winning the 2018 Grammy for best rock album, the War on Drugs retreated to upstate New York to jam and cut new demos. That work created this, their first new studio album in four years. Available October 29 14465661 $12.99
The best from the worlds of classic rock, alternative, and beyond.
ROCK
LET IT BE Documentary coming to Disney + in November! Capitol
Available October 15 Special Edition 14500757 $18.99 Deluxe Special Edition, 2 Discs 14500758 $24.99 Super Deluxe Special Edition, 5 Discs 14500826 $139.99
Just before director Peter Jackson’s documentary miniseries arrives, the Beatles are releasing three versions of their acclaimed 1970 album. The two-disc set features outtake highlights while the five-disc set includes additional previously unreleased material.
Ringo Starr
Yes
The Rolling Stones
UMe Guest Artists: Trombone Shorty, Joe Walsh Includes Let’s Change the World, which delivers a welcome dose of hope and optimism, the reggae-infused Just That Way, and the country-esque Coming Undone, Starr’s first collaboration with Linda Perry. 14447847 $11.99
InsideOutMusic The latest studio album from legendary progressive rockers Yes demonstrates why they are still such a revered group of musicians. It also includes the song The Ice Bridge.
Interscope Records Celebrates 40 years with the release of a brand new deluxe remastered edition. The two CDs include the newly remastered album alongside Lost & Found, a brand new collection of nine previously unreleased songs. Available October 22 Remastered Deluxe Edition, 2 Discs 14465636 $19.99
Change the World EP
The Quest
Available October 1 2 Discs 14428092 $18.99
Tattoo You
Santana
Judas Priest
R.E.M.
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Guest Artists: Chick Corea, Steve Winwood Music legend Carlos Santana delivers one of the most ambitious, inspired, and flat-out magical records of his storied career. He collaborates with artists incuding Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, and more.
Sony Music CG Heavy metal legends Judas Priest mark an incredible 50-year career with a new collection boasting sixteen tracks including remastered studio recordings and seven previously unreleased live cuts from the band’s archive.
Craft Recordings Celebrating the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s tenth studio album, this expanded collection offers the original album newly remastered, along with thirteen B-sides and rarities.
Blessings and Miracles
Reflections 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Available October 22 14465650 $16.99
Available October 15 14465665 $12.99
Available October 29 25th Anniversary Edition, 2 Discs 14475745 $24.99
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Parquet Courts
Strand of Oaks
Rough Trade Parquet Courts’ thoughtprovoking rock is dancing to a new tune. This finds the band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity.
Galacticana Records A stunning, hopeful reflection on love, loss, and enlightenment, this is a triumph in music making, and a preeminent addition to the Strand of Oaks discography.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II
Mute Featuring recordings from 2006 through 2020, this set features a treasure trove of unreleased tracks from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The band did give fans a taste of what is to come when they released the song Vortex as a single. Available October 22 2 Discs 14465642 $15.99
Sympathy for Life
Available October 22 14465620 $15.99
In Heaven
Available October 1 14395077 $11.99
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MUST-HAVE RELEASES Grammy Award-winning superstars are back with new music.
Coldplay
Music of the Spheres
Atlantic • Pop/Rock
Available October 15 14391894 $14.99 Coldplay is back with their ninth album. Produced by Max Martin, it features the single Higher Power, which the band has performed live on shows including The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The album also includes the song Coloratura.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga explore the Cole Porter songbook.
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Interscope • Jazz
Love for Sale
Available October 1 14431228 $13.99 Celebrating ten years since they first recorded together, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga returned to the studio for another collaboration featuring the very best of the Cole Porter songbook.
All-star celebration of Metallica’s landmark album.
Metallica
The Metallica Blacklist
Rhino/Blackened Recordings • Pop/Rock Available October 1 4 Discs 14323956 $29.99
Features covers of songs from Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album by over fifty artists, including Miley Cyrus, Chris Stapleton, Volbeat, Darius Rucker, Igor Levit, Mickey Guyton, St. Vincent, Weezer, and many more.
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COUNTRY & FOLK Della Mae
Family Reunion
Self Produced Della Mae’s mission as a band is to showcase top female musicians, and to improve opportunities for women and girls through advocacy, mentorship, programming, and performance. 14457978 $15.99
Jameson Rodgers Bet You’re from a Small Town
River House Artists Guest Artist: Luke Combs Breakthrough singersongwriter Jameson Rodgers releases his debut album. It includes the number one single Some Girls and the climbing chart hit Cold Beer Calling My Name, which features Luke Combs. 14447848 $11.99
Chase Rice The Album
Natalie Hemby
Asleep at the Wheel
Broken Bow Records
Fantasy Natalie Hemby won a Grammy for Country Song of the Year for Crowded Table, the song she wrote with Lori McKenna and performed as a member of the Highwomen. Now she is releasing a new solo album.
Home Records Guest Artists: Lyle Lovett, George Strait Asleep at the Wheel celebrates their 50th anniversary. The nineteen tracks feature original band members, current band members, and guest artists.
14447850 $13.99
Pins and Needles
Available October 8 14398063 $14.99
Half a Hundred Years
Available October 1 14458286 $11.99
Reba McEntire
Revived Remixed Revisited
MCA Nashville Featuring 30 total tracks across three discs, this collection spans Reba’s entire career. Revived was recorded with Reba’s touring band. Remixed features new remixes. Revisited features stripped-down tracks. Available October 8 3 Discs 14458310 $29.99
Toby Keith
Peso in My Pocket
Show Dog, LLC
Available October 15 14465618 $12.99 Toby Keith returns with his first new album in four years. The first single, Old School, became his highest debut on the Billboard airplay chart. The album also includes the song Happy Birthday America.
Available October 1 Guest Artists: Florida Georgia Line Following a digital release in May, Chase Rice’s fifth album is now available on CD. It includes his hit collaboration with Florida Georgia Line, Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin God. Amen.
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof
Rounder In 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released the acclaimed Raising Sand. After fourteen years, they return with a dozen songs from a range of traditions and styles that extend this remarkable collaboration in new directions. Available November 19 14446266 $14.99
The Wild Feathers
Sam Williams
New West Records Produced by the band, this is the truest representation of the Wild Feathers to date. No outside musicians, no outside opinions, just them playing their new songs in a room with the best mics they could find.
Mercury Nashville An introspective meditation on hurt and healing, growth and loss, and sin and redemption, but more than that, this album is a reckoning with fate and free will and the family ties that bind.
Alvarado
Available October 8 14458334 $13.99
Glasshouse Children
Available October 8 14458314 $11.99
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SOUNDTRACKS Diana The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording
Dear Evan Hansen Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
UMe Artists: Jeanna De Waal, Roe Hartrampf The life of Princess Diana comes to the Broadway stage with music and lyrics by two-time Tony Award winners Joe DiPietro and Bon Jovi’s David Bryan.
Interscope The soundtrack for the film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Awardwinning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a classmate. 14465638 $13.99
Various Artists
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Album Various Artists
Parental Advisory 14428094 $19.99
The French Dispatch Original Soundtrack Various Artists
Various Artists
Annette Highlights from the Soundtrack Sparks
Available October 22 14455183 $19.99
Milan Records Guest Artists: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard Legendary art-pop duo Sparks creates a soundtrack for an acclaimed film based on their original story. Along with the duo, there are performances from the film’s cast, including Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg. Cannes Edition 14428074 $13.99
BadBadNotGood
Hiromi
Arturo O’Farrill
XL Recordings On their latest album, the Canadian ensemble Badbadnotgood returns to their instrumental beginnings to pay homage to the musicians, composers, innovators, and influences that first informed their work.
Telarc Hiromi’s latest album pairs her virtuosic and emotive piano with a string quartet assembled by violinist Tatsuo Nishie, concertmaster of the New Japan Philharmonic. Available October 8 14458309 $15.99
Blue Note Guest Artists: Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble Grammy-winning composer/pianist Arturo O’Farrill makes his Blue Note debut with a vibrant album presenting two suites he conceived in collaboration with the Malpaso Dance Company. 14431222 $11.99
John Coltrane
Esperanza Spalding
Kiefer
IMPULSE! This newly discovered live recording of a performance of the Love Supreme suite is a revelation. Recorded at the Penthouse in Seattle on October 2, 1965, this recording transports the listener to a prime seat for a piece of musical history.
Concord Jazz Esperanza Spalding’s new album explores how songwriters may incorporate knowledge in consultation with practitioners of music therapy, neuroscience, and more to create music that can have a specific effect on the listener. 14458008 $15.99
Stones Throw Records Kiefer’s new album sees the acclaimed Grammy Award-winning artist team up with several other musicians for a full live band sound. Kiefer is one of LA jazz’s most exciting new artists, with a broad international fanbase. 14431191 $11.99
MARVEL/Hollywood Records, Inc/Interscope Records 14435788 $13.99 A first-of-its-kind pan-Asian album with incredible features from global artists. The soundtrack will have all original production spanning multiple genres performed in both English and Asian languages including Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese.
Universal Music The Franco-centric soundtrack features an original score by Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat, music by E Georges Delerue and Grace Jones, and a new version of the French pop hit Aline recorded by Jarvis Cocker.
JAZZ Talk Memory
Available October 8 14458339 $15.99
A Love Supreme Live in Seattle
Available October 8 14458306 $13.99
Silver Lining Suite
Songwrights Apothecary Lab
...Dreaming in Lions...
When There’s Love Around
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WHAT’S ON THE RADIO Enjoy these radio hits? Check out the albums they are featured on.
Country Track 10: Glad You Exist
Dan + Shay
Track 3: Things a Man Oughta Know
Warner Music Nashville 14386563 $11.99
Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’
Good Things
Lainey Wilson Broken Bow Records 14120771 $13.99
Rap
Track 3: Chasing After You Featuring: Maren Morris
Ryan Hurd Pelago
Arista Nashville Available October 15 14510209 $11.99
Track 2: Every Chance I Get
Track 3: Straightenin
Track 3: My Life
Khaled Khaled
Culture III
The Off-Season
DJ Khaled
Epic Parental Advisory 14137857 $15.99
Migos
J. Cole
Quality Control Music, LLC Parental Advisory 14391873 $11.99
DreamVille Parental Advisory 14307243 $13.99 Edited Version 14307244 $13.99
Rock Track 4: I Wanna Be Your Slave
Track 1: Making a Fire
Track 3: Nowhere Generation
Teatro D’ira Volume I
Medicine at Midnight RCA 13762276 $10.99
Nowhere Generation
Maneskin
RCA Victor Europe Import 14391895 $17.99
Foo Fighters
Rise Against
Loma Vista Recordings Parental Advisory 14059124 $14.99
Christian
Track 1: My Jesus
Track 5: Yes He Can
Track 3: Believe for It
My Jesus Live in Nashville 2021
Rise Up
Believe for It
Anne Wilson
Sparrow Available October 1 14458292 $7.99
CAIN
CeCe Winans
Essential Records 14093307 $8.99
Fair Trade/Columbia 13945638 $12.99
Latin Track 4: In Da Getto Featuring: Skrillex
Track 2: El Makinon
Track 14: Loco
Jose
KG0516
Universal Music Latino. Parental Advisory 14006024 $13.99
La Ultima Promesa
J Balvin
Universal Music Latino Available October 15 14447846 $11.99
Karol G
Justin Quiles
Warner Music Latina Parental Advisory 14465617 $10.99
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